topic History problem in Operating System - HP-UX

History problem

Sauvik Basu — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:12:08 GMT

Whenever I try the history command I get the following error message:
csh: fc: Cannot access or open the history file.
Please help.

Re: History problem

Pete Randall — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:15:42 GMT

You need to export HISTFILE in your profile - either your personal .profile or in /etc/profile:

export HISTFILE=/tmp/.sh_history.$(whoami)

and

set -o vi

You may also want to export HISTSIZE, though I normally don't bother.

Pete

Re: History problem

Pete Randall — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:18:32 GMT

Sorry, didn't notice that you're using csh - I guess it would be setenv rather than export, then.

Pete